Overnight Challenge Best Of’s and Coverage

Posted by blainegarrett on Mar 2nd, 2009 | 0 comments

Here are some interesting bits and media coverage – both social and traditional, about the Web Challenge 09. Enjoy.

Some interesting info and stats:

• 12 teams, 12 MN-Nonprofits
• 120 developers + a number of support staff
• 3360+ hours in lost sleep
• Probably 480+ hours in lost productivity today assuming 4 hours per developer half asleep, checking wrap up info, reconnecting with team members, etc for developers and support staff.
• 120+ chipotle burritos consumed as well as a ton of other great food from Buffalo Wild Wings and more
• Conservative estimate of  700 lbs of food/drink consumed between 5 meals
• Someone estimated that the overall work done (exclusively at the event and not including ongoing support) is estimated at (10 people per team x 24 hours x $125/hour) = $30,000.00 per non-profit. Snap.
• #Webchallenge hit the #7 trend on twitter at some point
• Uncountable numbers of people’s lives benefited by the affect all this has on the non-profits benefited!

Content from the Event:

• The official Webchallenge Twitter , what was displayed on the bigscreen live at the event. Sweet idea.
• Official Sierra Bravo/Nerdery.com wrapup
• Webchallenge tag on Flickr , F1 Webchallenge tag on Flickr , Overnight Website Challenge 09 Flickr Pool
• Webchallenge on Vimeo ,
• Some cool official videos
• More videos from the event.
• MightyPolyMorphinPower Rangers crammed into the photobooth I am just out of lens range. poop
• A wordle featuring team mate Ali Karbassi prominently… yep, twitter whore
• Web Challenge 09 Fashion Report – A lot of teams made their own shirts.
• A recap from a member of the the Ruby 2.2 team (non-profit – Resource Center for the Americas)
• Flickr photos from the Ruby Team
• Photo from 0 hour – time’s up
• A Congrats to Team Praxis & District 202 from Nerdery.com
• How the judging worked – interesting to know
• Code Cowboys Represent at Overnight Website Challenge

Media Coverage:

• Needy Meets Nerdy and Nonprofits benefit from free web makeovers @ Kare11
• Thanks to Innovators and Good People, Better Times Ahead @ Star Tribune
• Teams of computer programmers give free Web site makeovers to 12 nonprofit agencies @ Pioneer Press
  
• Needy Meets Nerdy as Non-Profits get Economic Boost @ MSNBC
• Twelve Nonprofits Picked for Free Web Makeover at Sierra Bravo’s Overnight Website Challenge @ dBusinessNew.com
• Can Nerds Help Non-Profits @ Pitch Engine
• Interviews on the Minnov8 Podcast
• Sierra Bravo offers nonprofits a chance to spiff up Web presence @ Minnapolis-St.Paul Business Journal
• 12 local nonprofits to get free website upgrades from Sierra Bravo @  MinnePost

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